Bobby Deen's Healthy Takes on Paula Deen Recipes

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Corn Waffles with Ratatouille

Paula spoons enough butter, chili, sour cream and cheese on her waffles to give them a whopping 841 calories per serving. Bobby's savory waffles made without butter or eggs -- and topped with a light and fresh ratatouille -- brings the calorie count down to 477 calories per serving.

Skinny Darrell Wraps

The original Fat Darrell sandwich is a fried marvel piled high with French fries, chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks. It's also piled with 92 grams of fat and 1,790 calories. Bobby's Skinny Darrell Wraps with oven-baked chips, baked chicken fingers and fresh mozzarella have 22 grams of fat and only 670 calories.

Bobby's Stuffed Red Peppers

Paula's Brunch Stuffed Peppers are deliciously filled with a milk-and-sour-cream custard and then topped with a half-pound of bacon and cheese. Bobby uses 90 percent lean ground beef and protein-filled brown rice instead of white. His version drops the calories from 810 per serving to 300 and the fat from 67 grams down to 14.

Butter-less Banana Split Brownie Pizza

Paula's decadent dessert starts with a full-fat cream cheese and butter spread and clocks in at 580 calories per serving. Bobby's version uses a vegan brownie without any butter or eggs so it has only 420 calories.

The Son's Chicken Pot Pie

Bobby's lighter version of his mom's famous chicken pot pie brings down the calories from 1520 to 540 grams per serving and the fat from 129 grams per serving to 24 grams. His trick is to cut out the heavy cream and use a low-fat milk instead. Then he replaces the thick puff pastry with filo dough.

Bobby's Lighter Drunken Chicken

"Beer in the rear" chicken is super Southern and, as it sounds, cooks with a can's worth of beer stuffed into the bird. Bobby roasts his lighter drunken chicken in the oven and removes the skin after it cooks to take the calories down from 733 grams to 411 grams per serving and the fat down from 51 grams per serving to only 11.

Bobby's Buffalo Wings with Tangy Cheese Dip

Meat and Mushroom Lasagna

Paula's Lots O'Meat Lasagna has more than 1700 calories per serving and 104 grams of fat. Bobby's version uses fresh, thinner pasta and replaces her sausage with portabella mushrooms to lighten the dish down to 438 calories per serving and 19 grams of fat.